Teen Struck By Lightning Standing In Garage

WSBTV ^ | July 22, 2010

[bgill]

How shocking!

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Did it “sound like a freight train”?

Nope. There was no "woo-woo" or nothin'!

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As for the teen that was in the garage and got hit by lightening, I’m wonder what is the big surprise here.

Well, he could have been on a weight-loss program. /s

[NormsRevenge]

no burns or scarring.. wow.

and how it got in the garage is a good one.. that is some messed up wiring or sumthin’. stuff happens too. freak.

[Man50D]

My brother was indirectly zapped by lightening during an electrical storm while standing barefoot in our garage when I was a kid. He wanted to watch the storm. A strike hit nearby and the charge traveled through the ground , up through the soles of his feet. He jumped about a foot in the air and then ran inside. He never did that again.

[Mister Da]

I recall Johnny Carson had a guy on his show years ago who had been struck by lightning several times - 6 times as I recall. He was struck inside his truck, & inside his home while sitting on his easy chair. He has had both his hat & shoes toasted, but he suffered only minor burns from the strikes. It got so bad he would leave his family during a storm to protect them.

[miliantnutcase]

lmao

[bigbob]

maybe the kid should try football instead

[gitmo]

Why was lightning standing in the garage?

To keep out of the rain?

[Amberdawn]

So does al baby....

[2111USMC]

Lightning can do strange things.

I once worked for a company that had a very large motor shop, machine shop, and welding shop all under one roof. There were steel supports and I-beams for overhead hoist systems all throughout the ceiling. During a heavy thunderstorm one night, lightning hit a power line coming into the building and the guys working second shift said there were lightning arcs bouncing and flashing across the entire ceiling of the building which was probably 300 ft long.

I also have a friend that was driving a light pickup truck in a storm one time with an aluminum ladder lashed to the top. Lightning hit the ladder and blew all four of his tires out instantly.

[xjcsa]

But I make no claims of literacy!

Touché.

[NormsRevenge]

It’s a magical piece of the universe, that and cheese. :-}

I hear if ya feel the hair on your neck and head start to stand up, it’s too late.. you’re gonna get it.

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LOL....